Monday, July 25, 2016

Seaweed Stitching

Last night I added seaweed as the finishing touches to the mermaid piece on which I have been working. Here I used two layers of batting to puff up the shell and pink seed beads to suggest a string of pearls. The seaweed is three strands of embroidery floss and some blue/green eyelash yarn.

A couple of years ago, I purchased a bag of twisted yarn pieces thinking I would be able to use it in my art quilts. I cut a few short sections to create some different textured seaweed. I've included this enlarged photo to show how I beaded the floss seaweed. At this point, this piece just needs to be quilted.

Tracey, thank you, but in this case I did have a very detailed pattern and photo to guide me and to which I added a few of my own touches. The pattern is available from Quilter's Fancy in Cortland, Ohio.

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After thirty-four wonderful years, I'm now a retired ELA middle school teacher who has totally embraced la dolce far niente, the sweetness of doing nothing. No, that's not true, it's just that now I have the luxury of time to quilt, photograph, travel, get fit, play the flute, and learn Italian.

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